PhD grad receives Mitacs Elevate Fellowship

April 3, 2014

PhD graduate of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ainara Garde has received a Mitacs Elevate Fellowship supporting her work with Guy Dumont at LionsGate Technologies. During her postdoctoral fellowship, Garde will apply her research expertise to develop a sleep apnea-screening tool using the Phone Oximeter, a smartphone device connected to the audio port of the phone to measure blood oxygen saturation. Mitacs Elevate is a two-year program providing recent PhD graduates with an opportunity to lead a long-term research projects with a partner organization while developing professional skills and leadership training. For more information, click here.